renege
to fail to keep a promise or agreement
TRANSLATION
renege = etwas nicht einhalten, ein Versprechen brechen ---GOOGLE INDEX renege: approximately 350,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Britain RENEGES on climate change deal
(News headliine from Cool Earth)
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Some banks have subsequently paid out big bonuses to top executives, arguing that they could not RENEGE on legally binding agreements.
(BBC News)
(News headliine from Cool Earth)
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Some banks have subsequently paid out big bonuses to top executives, arguing that they could not RENEGE on legally binding agreements.
(BBC News)
Did you
know?
renege
verb
- to fail to keep a promise or agreement
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Renege is from the Medieval Latin renegare, "to deny again, to go back upon," from Latin re-, "back, again" + negare, "to say no, to deny." It is related to "renegade," which is a person who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another or simply a person who does not want to fit in, like an outlaw or a rebel.
The act of reneging can occur anywhere in society: in the business world, at the local pub, at home. Unfortunately it seems to happen in politics more frequently than elsewhere.
When Pierre Rinfret, a candidate for governor of New York, refused to make public all of his tax returns, he famously said, "I have not reneged on a promise. I have changed my mind. "Rinfret is not the only politician with creative excuses for not delivering as promised:
"He didn't say that. He read what was given to him in a speech." (Richard Darman, in the office of budget management, on why George W. Bush failed to keep a campaign promise). "I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue." (Richard Nixon reflecting about the Watergate scandal).
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SYNONYMS
break one's promise, cop out, default, go back on one's word, reverse, weasel out, welsh
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"After they reneged on the contract, we took them to court and won the case."
Thanks to Alexandra for suggesting today's word!
verb
- to fail to keep a promise or agreement
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Renege is from the Medieval Latin renegare, "to deny again, to go back upon," from Latin re-, "back, again" + negare, "to say no, to deny." It is related to "renegade," which is a person who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another or simply a person who does not want to fit in, like an outlaw or a rebel.
The act of reneging can occur anywhere in society: in the business world, at the local pub, at home. Unfortunately it seems to happen in politics more frequently than elsewhere.
When Pierre Rinfret, a candidate for governor of New York, refused to make public all of his tax returns, he famously said, "I have not reneged on a promise. I have changed my mind. "Rinfret is not the only politician with creative excuses for not delivering as promised:
"He didn't say that. He read what was given to him in a speech." (Richard Darman, in the office of budget management, on why George W. Bush failed to keep a campaign promise). "I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue." (Richard Nixon reflecting about the Watergate scandal).
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SYNONYMS
break one's promise, cop out, default, go back on one's word, reverse, weasel out, welsh
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"After they reneged on the contract, we took them to court and won the case."
Thanks to Alexandra for suggesting today's word!
